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Al-Hajjaj left Kufa in [[Jamadi al-Awwal]], [[72]]/September 691, he went to [[Ta'if]] in the same year, and then camped there. Apparently the reason was that he was commissioned not to invade [[Mecca]] and [[Masjid al-Haram]]. After one or two months of stay in Ta'if and some clashes with the army of [['Abd Allah b. Zubayr]] in [['Arafat]], when the caliph's forces arrived, he went to Mecca with the permission of the caliph. He sieged the city for 7 or 9 months since [[Dhu l-Qa'da 1]], [[72]]/March 28, 692, and threw stones to the [[Ka'ba]] with catapults. After serious battles, he killed 'Abd Allah b. Zubayr in [[Jumada I]] or [[Jumada II 17]], [[73]]/October 7, or November 6, 692. He conquered Mecca and annexed [[Hijaz]] to the [[Umayyad]] realm. | Al-Hajjaj left Kufa in [[Jamadi al-Awwal]], [[72]]/September 691, he went to [[Ta'if]] in the same year, and then camped there. Apparently the reason was that he was commissioned not to invade [[Mecca]] and [[Masjid al-Haram]]. After one or two months of stay in Ta'if and some clashes with the army of [['Abd Allah b. Zubayr]] in [['Arafat]], when the caliph's forces arrived, he went to Mecca with the permission of the caliph. He sieged the city for 7 or 9 months since [[Dhu l-Qa'da 1]], [[72]]/March 28, 692, and threw stones to the [[Ka'ba]] with catapults. After serious battles, he killed 'Abd Allah b. Zubayr in [[Jumada I]] or [[Jumada II 17]], [[73]]/October 7, or November 6, 692. He conquered Mecca and annexed [[Hijaz]] to the [[Umayyad]] realm. | ||
==Ruler of Hijaz== | ===Ruler of Hijaz=== | ||
Because of his services to the establishment of the Umayyad caliphate, al-Hajjaj was appointed by 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan as the agent of Mecca and later that of [[Medina]], Ta'if, and then [[Yemen]] and Yamama. | Because of his services to the establishment of the Umayyad caliphate, al-Hajjaj was appointed by 'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan as the agent of Mecca and later that of [[Medina]], Ta'if, and then [[Yemen]] and [[Yamama]]. | ||
In his first step, al-Hajjaj cleaned the effects of the battle in Masjid al-Haram. Early in 74 | In his first step, al-Hajjaj cleaned the effects of the battle in Masjid al-Haram. Early in [[74]]/693, he went to Medina, and after one or two months of stay there, returned to Mecca, and reconstructed the [[Ka'ba]] at the command of the caliph. During his sojourn in Medina, he maltreated people of Medina, and particularly the [[Sahaba]] of [[the Prophet (s)]]. | ||
Al-Hajjaj went to | Al-Hajjaj went to Syria together with a group of senior people in Hijaz, and visited the Umayyad caliph. | ||
==Rule of Iraq== | ==Rule of Iraq== | ||